Well.. these polls are kind of silly, and you left out a few dozen high-end builders whose quality far exceeds most of those you listed. Where's Sadowsky, Elrick, F Bass, Roscoe, MTD, Citron, Carl Thompson, Fodera, Curbow, Brubaker, etc. I'd put any of them in place of Fender, G&L, MusicMan, Carvin and Rickenbacker. Let the mass production basses fall under "Other."